Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
@hannobrankamp.bsky.social
Ungrateful Migrant | Geographer | UoGlasgow Migration, Africa, camp/carceral geographies, race, coloniality, humanitarianism, abolition. Views=own
Author: 📖 Occupied Refuge (Duke, Feb 2026)
Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/hannobrankamp/
Author: 📖 Occupied Refuge (Duke, Feb 2026)
Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/hannobrankamp/
Pinned
And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
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Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
The Introduction to my book OCCUPIED REFUGE is now freely available online: bit.ly/482e3i1
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
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Get 30% off with this promo code: E26BRNKM
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November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The Introduction to my book OCCUPIED REFUGE is now freely available online: bit.ly/482e3i1
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Outside of America: mngbookshop.co.uk/978147803313...
Get 30% off with this promo code: E26BRNKM
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
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🎯It's Tomorrow! Sunday, 23 Nov 2025
🔥Tune in! Pambazuka Town Hall on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
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⏰Time: 4PM GMT·7PM EAT·11AM EST
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🔥Tune in! Pambazuka Town Hall on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
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Scheduled: Authoritative Control & Resistance in Africa
Pambazuka News’s Space · Where live audio conversations happen
x.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🎯It's Tomorrow! Sunday, 23 Nov 2025
🔥Tune in! Pambazuka Town Hall on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
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🔥Tune in! Pambazuka Town Hall on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
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In "Occupied Refuge," @hannobrankamp.bsky.social challenges the view of refugee camps as indispensable safe havens, showing that humanitarian missions often function as militarized occupations that treat camp inhabitants as colonized subjects. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/IwyWW8p
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In "Occupied Refuge," @hannobrankamp.bsky.social challenges the view of refugee camps as indispensable safe havens, showing that humanitarian missions often function as militarized occupations that treat camp inhabitants as colonized subjects. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/IwyWW8p
The Introduction to my book OCCUPIED REFUGE is now freely available online: bit.ly/482e3i1
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Outside of America: mngbookshop.co.uk/978147803313...
Get 30% off with this promo code: E26BRNKM
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Outside of America: mngbookshop.co.uk/978147803313...
Get 30% off with this promo code: E26BRNKM
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The Introduction to my book OCCUPIED REFUGE is now freely available online: bit.ly/482e3i1
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Outside of America: mngbookshop.co.uk/978147803313...
Get 30% off with this promo code: E26BRNKM
Book will be out 17 Feb 2026 but you can pre-order now:
In the Americas: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Outside of America: mngbookshop.co.uk/978147803313...
Get 30% off with this promo code: E26BRNKM
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
🔥 Join the Pambazuka Town Hall on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
📍Venue: X @FahamuAfrica
📅Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025
⏱️Time: 4 PM GMT · 7 PM EAT · 11 AM EST
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📍Venue: X @FahamuAfrica
📅Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025
⏱️Time: 4 PM GMT · 7 PM EAT · 11 AM EST
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November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🔥 Join the Pambazuka Town Hall on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
📍Venue: X @FahamuAfrica
📅Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025
⏱️Time: 4 PM GMT · 7 PM EAT · 11 AM EST
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📍Venue: X @FahamuAfrica
📅Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025
⏱️Time: 4 PM GMT · 7 PM EAT · 11 AM EST
@changetanzania.bsky.social @hrw.org @malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
How are Kenya, Romania and South Africa involved in sending Palestinians abroad through shadowy channels?
Kenya, once again, like so often in the past, acts as transit hub for questionably voluntary journeys with unknown destinations.
Kenya, once again, like so often in the past, acts as transit hub for questionably voluntary journeys with unknown destinations.
Man says shadowy group sending Palestinians out of Gaza has Israeli support
Al-Majd Europe group taking families on buses out of Gaza to Israel's Ramon Airport - then to unknown destinations.
www.aljazeera.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How are Kenya, Romania and South Africa involved in sending Palestinians abroad through shadowy channels?
Kenya, once again, like so often in the past, acts as transit hub for questionably voluntary journeys with unknown destinations.
Kenya, once again, like so often in the past, acts as transit hub for questionably voluntary journeys with unknown destinations.
Amidst death, destruction and injury brought upon her own citizens, she declares victory by 98%. The Govt is untenable.
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Amidst death, destruction and injury brought upon her own citizens, she declares victory by 98%. The Govt is untenable.
From speaking to family and friends the situation is unprecedented.
The death toll is unverified but seems plausible.
The death toll is unverified but seems plausible.
At least 700 dead in Tanzania's post-election protests, opposition says
Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in Tanzania after taking to the streets to protest this week’s presidential election, which saw the increasingly authoritarian incumbent, President Samia...
www.france24.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From speaking to family and friends the situation is unprecedented.
The death toll is unverified but seems plausible.
The death toll is unverified but seems plausible.
Tanzania is effectively in a state of emergency right now with curfews, stay-at-home orders and government repression going off the charts in the wake of the one-party election.
My thoughts are with family, friends and all wananchi!❤️🙏
My thoughts are with family, friends and all wananchi!❤️🙏
Tanzania: Suluhu Orders Shutdown of All Govt Ministries, Agencies and Regional Offices As Violence Mars General Election
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's administration has ordered all government ministries, agencies and regional offices to remain closed, and directed the private sector to comply with stay-at-h...
allafrica.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tanzania is effectively in a state of emergency right now with curfews, stay-at-home orders and government repression going off the charts in the wake of the one-party election.
My thoughts are with family, friends and all wananchi!❤️🙏
My thoughts are with family, friends and all wananchi!❤️🙏
Thinking of my Tanzanian family, friends and all wananchi on this election day. Tuko pamoja!
May better days be ahead and justice prevail…one day.
May better days be ahead and justice prevail…one day.
Tanzania election: Erosion of democracy will also come at the cost of economic potential
Victory for President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her CCM party is assured after a crackdown on the opposition. But this result could affect Tanzania’s longer-term ambitions.
www.chathamhouse.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Thinking of my Tanzanian family, friends and all wananchi on this election day. Tuko pamoja!
May better days be ahead and justice prevail…one day.
May better days be ahead and justice prevail…one day.
Academic Publishers are like:
“As a contributing author you get a $250 book allowance”
Me [naively]:
“Ok, that should be enough.”
The price of the book you are contributing to: $415
🤡🤡🤡💀💀💀
“As a contributing author you get a $250 book allowance”
Me [naively]:
“Ok, that should be enough.”
The price of the book you are contributing to: $415
🤡🤡🤡💀💀💀
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Academic Publishers are like:
“As a contributing author you get a $250 book allowance”
Me [naively]:
“Ok, that should be enough.”
The price of the book you are contributing to: $415
🤡🤡🤡💀💀💀
“As a contributing author you get a $250 book allowance”
Me [naively]:
“Ok, that should be enough.”
The price of the book you are contributing to: $415
🤡🤡🤡💀💀💀
The end of a giant of Kenyan politics—a failed legacy of a man who was long out of touch with many wananchi.
Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga has died, source says
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, a source in Odinga's office told Reuters on Wednesday, without giving further details.
www.reuters.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The end of a giant of Kenyan politics—a failed legacy of a man who was long out of touch with many wananchi.
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
🔥US Africa Command at the Center of President Trump’s National Security #Policy Toward Africa.
📍Volman has more details here: pambazuka.org/US/Africa-Co...
#AFRICOM #USA #Africa #Trump #Security
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @radicalcarib.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
📍Volman has more details here: pambazuka.org/US/Africa-Co...
#AFRICOM #USA #Africa #Trump #Security
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @radicalcarib.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🔥US Africa Command at the Center of President Trump’s National Security #Policy Toward Africa.
📍Volman has more details here: pambazuka.org/US/Africa-Co...
#AFRICOM #USA #Africa #Trump #Security
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @radicalcarib.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
📍Volman has more details here: pambazuka.org/US/Africa-Co...
#AFRICOM #USA #Africa #Trump #Security
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @radicalcarib.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
Blair heading a military occupation nested within an existing long standing occupation. What could go possibly go wrong?
Britain's former PM Blair eyes key role in Gaza under Trump peace plan, FT says
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeks a senior role in running postwar Gaza under a peace plan being developed by the Trump administration, the Financial Times said on Thursday, citing people briefed on the proposal.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Blair heading a military occupation nested within an existing long standing occupation. What could go possibly go wrong?
Just realised my review of Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi’s book “Architecture of Migration” is out now in the Journal of Modern African Studies (JMAS).
Architecture of Migration: the Dadaab refugee camps and humanitarian settlement by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024. Pp. 432. US$31.95 (pbk). doi: https://doi.org/10.1215...
Architecture of Migration: the Dadaab refugee camps and humanitarian settlement by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024. Pp. 432. US$31.95 (pbk). doi: https://doi.org/10.1215...
www.cambridge.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Just realised my review of Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi’s book “Architecture of Migration” is out now in the Journal of Modern African Studies (JMAS).
“If he is extradited, it is believed it will be the first time a current or former British soldier has ever been extradited to another country to face trial for the murder of a civilian.”
Kenya seeks arrest of former British soldier over alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru
High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-old
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“If he is extradited, it is believed it will be the first time a current or former British soldier has ever been extradited to another country to face trial for the murder of a civilian.”
Baerbock must go!
On 9 September 2025, Annalena Baerbock — who refused to enforce ICC arrest warrants for Israeli officials — assumed her post as President of the UN General Assembly.
✍️ Join the global movement to demand her resignation.
✍️ Join the global movement to demand her resignation.
Baerbock, Resign From the UNGA Presidency
Only a movement millions strong can stop Baerbock's presidency at the United Nations General Assembly.
buff.ly
September 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Baerbock must go!
New article out by my brilliant friend Mohamed Hassan Mohamud on budget cuts and the crisis of accountability in aid.
“Budget cuts are not a rupture to an otherwise fair system: they are the latest manifestation of a model of governance that has always sidelined the people it claims to serve.”
“Budget cuts are not a rupture to an otherwise fair system: they are the latest manifestation of a model of governance that has always sidelined the people it claims to serve.”
Lack of accountability, not budget cuts, is the real humanitarian crisis
The impact of funding cuts on refugees and displaced communities is being framed as a crisis of resources. But this moment is better understood as a crisis of legitimacy. The current model excludes a....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
New article out by my brilliant friend Mohamed Hassan Mohamud on budget cuts and the crisis of accountability in aid.
“Budget cuts are not a rupture to an otherwise fair system: they are the latest manifestation of a model of governance that has always sidelined the people it claims to serve.”
“Budget cuts are not a rupture to an otherwise fair system: they are the latest manifestation of a model of governance that has always sidelined the people it claims to serve.”
When they started using the term “differentiated assistance model” a while back, it was clear to many of us that this just meant institutionalising aid cuts—more displacement, police repression and impoverishment is afoot in Kakuma.
South Sudan refugees flee Kenya's Kakuma camp
At the heart of the exodus is a drastic aid reduction after the World Food Programme (WFP) slashed food rations by up to 60 per cent.
www.standardmedia.co.ke
September 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
When they started using the term “differentiated assistance model” a while back, it was clear to many of us that this just meant institutionalising aid cuts—more displacement, police repression and impoverishment is afoot in Kakuma.
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
If he had written with his own imagination instead of relying on AI he would have known that this is also a title of a novel by @nnedi.bsky.social with only one word changed.
August 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If he had written with his own imagination instead of relying on AI he would have known that this is also a title of a novel by @nnedi.bsky.social with only one word changed.
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
August 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
August 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Out 17 Feb 2026!!!
www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
💥So, Who is a #Terrorist in #Kenya?
🎯Mutunga interrogates the tagging of #protesters in Kenya’s mass action as #terrorists and unveils acts of terrorism and the perpetrators that should be so characterized.
👉More at tinyurl.com/PZ-Kenya-Ter...
@malangwa.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
🎯Mutunga interrogates the tagging of #protesters in Kenya’s mass action as #terrorists and unveils acts of terrorism and the perpetrators that should be so characterized.
👉More at tinyurl.com/PZ-Kenya-Ter...
@malangwa.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
💥So, Who is a #Terrorist in #Kenya?
🎯Mutunga interrogates the tagging of #protesters in Kenya’s mass action as #terrorists and unveils acts of terrorism and the perpetrators that should be so characterized.
👉More at tinyurl.com/PZ-Kenya-Ter...
@malangwa.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
🎯Mutunga interrogates the tagging of #protesters in Kenya’s mass action as #terrorists and unveils acts of terrorism and the perpetrators that should be so characterized.
👉More at tinyurl.com/PZ-Kenya-Ter...
@malangwa.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
Reposted by Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️
🔥Issue 902 is packed with informative takes on the expulsion of the #French #Army from #Senegal, #terrorism, contradictions in #sports, and more.
📌Get the articles here: pambazuka.org
#Sudan #Kenya #Nigeria #Egypt #Cuba #US
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
📌Get the articles here: pambazuka.org
#Sudan #Kenya #Nigeria #Egypt #Cuba #US
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🔥Issue 902 is packed with informative takes on the expulsion of the #French #Army from #Senegal, #terrorism, contradictions in #sports, and more.
📌Get the articles here: pambazuka.org
#Sudan #Kenya #Nigeria #Egypt #Cuba #US
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social
📌Get the articles here: pambazuka.org
#Sudan #Kenya #Nigeria #Egypt #Cuba #US
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social